Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Barack ObamaDemocratic
Seat
AZD0206
Nominated
Jan. 6, 2014
Committee hearing
Jan. 28, 2014
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Feb. 27, 2014
Senate vote
77–19Roll Call
Confirmed
May 15, 2014
Commissioned
May 28, 2014
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
June 1, 2024

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

CaseNo.StatusDate
Hunt v. Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP (Pwc) 24-3568 Decided Nov. 10, 2025
Rosenwald v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation 24-299 Decided Sept. 24, 2025
Cascadia Wildlands v. United States Bureau of Land Management 24-4542 Decided Aug. 27, 2025
Ambrosetti v. Oregon Catholic Press 24-2270 Decided Aug. 27, 2025
Novalpina Capital Partners I Gp S.A.R.L v. Read 24-4835 Decided Aug. 12, 2025
Bodenburg v. Apple Inc. 24-3335 Decided July 23, 2025
Committee to Recall Dan Holladay v. Jakob Wiley 23-35107 Decided Oct. 23, 2024
Andrew Roth v. Foris Ventures, LLC 22-16632 Decided Nov. 13, 2023
California River Watch v. City of Vacaville 20-16605 Decided July 1, 2022
City of Oakland v. Oakland Raiders 20-16075 Decided Dec. 2, 2021
Peter Munoz, Jr. v. Gregory Smith 20-16327 Decided Nov. 15, 2021
California River Watch v. City of Vacaville 20-16605 Decided Sept. 29, 2021
Bruce Boyer v. City of Simi Valley 19-55723 Decided Oct. 14, 2020
Pcffa v. Donald Glaser 17-17130 Decided Dec. 20, 2019
Alfonso Padilla Cuenca v. William Barr 16-72378 Decided Nov. 13, 2019 Authored
Pcffa v. Donald Glaser 17-17130 Decided Sept. 6, 2019
Huu Nguyen v. Nissan North America, Inc. 18-16344 Decided July 26, 2019

Judicial writings

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Alfonso Padilla Cuenca v. William Barr Ninth Circuit Nov. 13, 2019